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I know what you came to see and here it is. From titling to tag-lines and copy, I kicked the ball down the court and scored a touchdown. I couldn't decide on a single sports reference so I figured an all in one approach to sports analogies would be best.
Artist Interview - Sudie
First we have an interview with Musicbed that technically never saw the light of day. It was an interview with a new potential artist that ended up never signing with them, but it's one of my favorites.
If there’s one thing we love, it’s artists who really believe in what they do. It’s their passion to do what they love that fuels our passion to do what we love; Sudie is one of those people. She’s an artist with a story worth sharing. We sat down and talked favorite colors, friends, and finding artistic freedom in Dubai of all places.
MB: First things first: What is your favorite color?
SA: *Laughs* That’s really hard. Because, growing up, everyone asks you what your favorite color is, you know? So you have to pick one, but I never really wanted to pick one. I liked a lot of colors. I don’t think that’s bad.
I love pastel colors though – greens, teals, yellows, purples and pinks. I love that genre of color. Those are actually the colors of the music video I’m working on.
What music video are you working on?
It’s called the “Viscous Kind.”
What’s it about?
It’s different. There’s going to be a lot of post work, and it’s a little disturbing. It’s also very funny. It’s kind of a satire.
I went to LA the summer after my junior year of college. Growing up I always had self-esteem problems. I always thought I was too fat or whatever, and going to LA there were so many beautiful thin, skinny women there. I was angsty and mad, and I was like “you know what music industry? I’m going to be what I want to be.” So the “Viscous Kind” is about the music industry for me.
It’s about me wanting to go into the music industry, but not wanting to be put in the box and look a certain way. I want to do what I want. I won’t let them influence me and tell me who I should be, which is a really big deal for me as an artist and a person.
So the music video is a satire about the music industry, with all of those pastel colors, *laughs. *
When I listen to your music, I feel like there is an authenticity and accessibility to it, and I know you talk about how your goal for your music is self-discovery. Is that the goal for the listener also?
Wow. That’s a really good question. I really don’t know. I think so because music, for me, is an escape out of my own mind. It’s my way of dealing with things. A lot of the music I listened growing up helped me with certain areas of my life. It was kind of like another mentor or someone I could talk to without having to talk.
For example, when I was deciding what school to go to, I was living overseas, and I would be half way across the world all by myself and I wouldn’t know anybody. I was really trying to figure out what I was going to do. And I listened to “For Emma, Forever Ago” by Bon Iver. I mean I listened to that album every day and cried to it. It was there. It was another friend. It was another person in my life that helped me. In some way, I want to do be able to do that for somebody. I want to be there for somebody, and it’s my way of reaching out to people.
So tell me about Dubai.
I loved it. It was so different. Because it was a foreign country and a melting pot, I went to high school with people from all parts the world. And at that particular age that matters because they’re your formative years. I became more open minded about who I was as a person.
I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for my time there.
What is the feeling that resonates with you when you think about Dubai?
Honestly, freedom. And I know that’s so weird. I had the freedom to do whatever I wanted while I was there. It’s hard to describe. There aren’t a lot of things for kids to do there, so you learn to grow up. It was incredible.
What do you think about it now?
It was part of me growing up. It just seemed normal. Because I was still in the process of growing up and growing through high school, I didn’t pay attention to how different I was growing up. It’s hard to say though because I’m still trying to figure out who I am, which is affecting my music.
Life is all journey, and it’s refreshing to talk to an artist that’s embracing the journey and letting the journey consciously affect her music. We don’t have it all figured out and we’re all still in process, but we’re stoked we’re on the journey with Sudie.
Photography by Robert Anthony.
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